Max Roach – Jazz in 3/4 Time (1957)

EmArcy – MG 36108Rec. Dates : October 12, 1956, March 18, 1957, March 20, 1957, March 21, 1957Stream this Album Drums : Max RoachBass : George MorrowPiano : Ray Bryant, Bill WallaceTenor Sax : Sonny RollinsTrumpet : Kenny Dorham Billboard : 10/14/1957Spotlight on… selection New idea in jazz sets has all the selections in waltz tempos. This in no way limits Roach from

Clifford Brown – Clifford Brown All-Stars (1957)

EmArcy – MG 36102Rec. Date : August 11, 1954Album is Not Streamable Trumpet : Clifford BrownAlto Sax : Herb Geller, Joe MainiBass : Curtis CounceDrums : Max RoachPiano : Kenny DrewTenor Sax : Walter Benton Billboard : 05/06/1957Score of 75 Package should move with dealers who cater to modern jazz clientele, for Brown‘s recent death has created demand for his recorded efforts. Set

Gerry Mulligan – Mainstream of Jazz (1957)

EmArcy – MG 36101Rec. Dates : October 22, 1955, January 25, 1956, September 26, 1956Stream this Album (YT only) Baritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Peck Morrison, Bill CrowDrums : Dave BaileyPiano : Bob BrookmeyerTenor Sax : Zoot SimsTrumpet : Jon Eardley, Don FerraraValve Trombone : Bob Brookmeyer Cashbox : 04/13/1957 One of the mainstays of modern jazz, Gerry Mulligan, has brought his sextet around

Max Roach – Plus Four (1957)

EmArcy – MG 36098Rec. Dates : September 17, 1956, September 19, 1956Stream this Album Drums : Max RoachBass : George MorrowPiano : Ray BryantTenor Sax : Sonny RollinsTrumpet : Kenny Dorham Audio : July, 1957Charles A. Robertson This is the first record made by the Max Roach Quintet since the tragic deaths in an automobile accident last summer of Clifford Brown and Richie Powell, though

Bill Harris – Bill Harris (1957)

EmArcy – MG 36097Rec. Date : June 26, 1956Stream this Album Guitar : Bill Harris Army TimesTom Scanlan : 05/04/1957 The Harris album includes up-tempo swingers such as Cherokee which finds Bill getting a walking bass from the 6th and 5th strings while weaving together some melodic chords on the first four strings. His work shows great originality throughout.

Cannonball Adderley – In the Land of Hi-Fi (1956)

EmArcy – MG 36077Rec. Dates : June 8, 1956, June 18, 1956Stream this Album Alto Sax : Cannonball AdderleyBaritone Sax : Danny BankBass : Keter BettsCornet : Nat AdderleyDrums : Charles “Specs” WrightFlute : Jerome RichardsonPiano : Junior ManceTrombone : Bobby Byrne, Jimmy ClevelandTenor Sax : Jerome RichardsonTrumpet : Ernie Royal Billboard : 10/06/56Score of 74 The hard-swinging alto man, while in the “land of

Clifford Brown and Max Roach – At Basin Street (1956)

EmArcy – MG 36070Rec. Date : January 4, 1956Stream this Album Trumpet : Clifford BrownDrums : Max RoachBass : George MorrowPiano : Richie PowellTenor Sax : Sonny Rollins Billboard : 08/11/1956Spotlight on… selection The erstwhile team has made the best-selling list before, and this new issue could be the best of all their disk efforts. Here one may realize the

Gerry Mulligan – Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet (1956)

EmArcy – MG 36056Rec. Dates : September 21, 1955, September 22, 1955, October 31, 1955Stream this Album Baritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Peck MorrisonDrums : Dave BaileyPiano : Bob BrookmeyerTenor Sax : Zoot SimsTrumpet : Jon EardleyValve Trombone : Bob Brookmeyer Billboard : 02/25/1956Spotlight on… selection This is the first new Mulligan in a long time, and his big debut disk for

Clifford Brown and Max Roach – Study in Brown (1955)

EmArcy – MG 36037Rec. Dates : February 23, 1955, February 24, 1955, February 25, 1955Stream this Album Trumpet : Clifford BrownDrums : Max RoachBass : George MorrowPiano : Richie PowellTenor Sax : Harold Land Down Beat : 01/11/1956Nat Hentoff : 4 stars Study in Brown is another powerfully rhythmic, emotionally driving session by this vibrant quintet whose leaders are its chief

Clark Terry – Clark Terry (1955)

EmArcy – MG-36007Rec. Dates : January 3, 1955, January 4, 1955Stream this Album Trumpet : Clark TerryArranger : Quincy JonesBaritone Sax : Cecil PayneBass : Oscar Pettiford, Wendell MarshallCello : Oscar PettifordDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Horace SilverTrombone : Jimmy Cleveland Cashbox : 07/02/1955 Clark Terry, long a musician’s musician, with training that had him in the forefront of such bands as Hampton, Barnet, Count Basie and Duke